LONDON -- Actor, DJ, record-breaking car racer, one of the best characters from HBO's The Wire -- Idris Elba is a man of many talents.
He's been known to rap every now and again too, and has just added some lines to grime artist Skepta's track "Shutdown."
The collaboration had been in the cards for some time, at least from Elba's perspective.
@Skepta Put me on the Remix!!!!!! cus I SHUT DOWN prime TV on the Regular. pic.twitter.com/z6DprRSmSt— Idris Elba (@idriselba) March 19, 2015
The track sees Elba rapping about Stringer Bell and referencing highlights of his career from Mandela to Luther.
Sometimes you just have to SHUT "dem" DOWN. @Skepta. Do your ting my yout. http://t.co/evDrDr0r5M— Idris Elba (@idriselba) June 1, 2015
It's gone down pretty well.
Basically Idris Elba is the man— Jackson (@Jacko_Keats) June 1, 2015
Choon was already fire, but IE #shutdown remix is siiiiick. Blasting it in my office, disrupting co-workers, waaa! https://t.co/j4sFx1o5aj— lkab (@lkab) June 1, 2015